Justin Bell, Northern Part-Time Faculty Director
Contact Northern Part-Time Director
Geoffrey Johnson, Southern Part-Time Faculty Director
Contact Southern Part-Time Director
From the CCA Bylaws:
“The At-Large Directors shall gather current data and information about activities affecting their respective constituencies; gather chapter data reflecting actions or needs affecting their respective constituencies; compile reports of these for CCA Board meetings and for dissemination to chapters and members; provide content for the CCA web pages.” If you have content that can be used in training or bargaining, please contact one of the at large directors above.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stay tuned for future upcoming events.
Here you will find information on upcoming events that will provide resources for our college’s most valuable resource; Part-Time Faculty.
CURRENT NEWS
- Part-Time Visioning Session RegistrationThis is Geoff Johnson, PTFIC Chair. Sorry I haven’t reached out to some of you over the Summer until now, but I’m very much looking forward to working with all of you this year. I would like to welcome two new members to the committee, Amber Wallick from San Bernardino CCD TA, and Jacques Belval… Read more: Part-Time Visioning Session Registration
- Judge Expands Class of Long Beach City College Part-Time Staff Lawsuit Over LBCC Failure to Pay Minimum WageThe Case Brought by Two Adjunct Faculty Now Applies to Hundreds More Los Angeles—A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit brought by two part-time instructors against the Long Beach Community College District over its failure to pay part-time staff a minimum wage for required work can now proceed as a… Read more: Judge Expands Class of Long Beach City College Part-Time Staff Lawsuit Over LBCC Failure to Pay Minimum Wage
- CCA Part-time Visioning DiscussionVisioning session dates are 1/16, 2/20, 3/19, 4/16, and 5/21 (every third Tuesday of the Month from 4-6 PM ) The CCA Part-time Visioning sessions are designed to be a space where important contract and legislation-related information dealing with part-time faculty issues can be shared c and discussed in a way that is both informative… Read more: CCA Part-time Visioning Discussion
- Unemployment Eligibility for Part-time FacultyPart-time Faculty Eligible for Unemployment Most part-time community college faculty are eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits during winter and summer breaks in their employment (or a semester during which you are not offered employment). Virtually all part-time faculty offers are contingent upon meeting minimum enrollment, funding levels, and program continuation. Such contingent offers do… Read more: Unemployment Eligibility for Part-time Faculty
- Campus Equity Week ResourcesCampus Equity Week (CEW) is officially celebrated during the last week of October; however, some colleges and universities have chosen to celebrate it earlier, later, or even once a semester. CEW is a time to celebrate the accomplishments, contributions, and work of part-time, adjunct, contingent faculty who continue to make up an average of 50%… Read more: Campus Equity Week Resources
For further information and news on Part-Time Faculty please visit our Part-Time Faculty news page.
HOT TOPICS
AB 190 Part-Time Faculty Health Benefits
The 2023 state budget included $200 million for part-time faculty health benefits; however, union chapters are still trying to negotiate it. Read and learn the ins and outs of the PT Health program and support your chapter’s efforts to negotiate PT Health in your district.
For more information about AB 190 Benefits, read the Chancellor’s Office Q & A Memo.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
Part-Time Faculty Issues Committee (PTFIC)
The Part-Time Faculty Issues Committee supports part-time/adjunct/associate faculty rights in local and statewide bodies, communicates issues to the CCA Council, presents workshops at CCA conferences, and works with other CCA committees and the CCA Board to make sure that part-time faculty are fairly represented.
Current Committee:
- Geoffrey Johnson (chair)
- Justin Bell (ex-officio)
- Heidi Ahders
- Jacques Belval
- Judy Lawton
- Noushin Seddighzadeh
- DeWayne Sheaffer
- Amber Wallick
FOR PART-TIME FACULTY
More on Unemployment Benefits
Part-Time Faculty May Be Entitled to Unemployment Benefits
Part-time faculty are eligible for Unemployment if they do not already have full-time work. Retirees who teach part-time also may be eligible. CCA offers a step-by-step guide to unemployment. Additionally, each semester, CCA Unemployment Benefits Webinars, usually at the end of each regular semester. Announcements of these webinars are sent to all non-college email addresses on file with CTA, to chapter presidents, on CCA social media, and in CCA publications. The CCA Calendar will also list the webinars’ dates and times. Pre-registration is required, and while the webinars cannot be recorded, the slide presentation is sent out within 48 hours of the webinar.
ADVOCACY WORK
CCA’s Committment to Part-Time Faculty
- Seniority & Job Security
- Pay parity
- Health, Vision, & Dental Benefits
- Fair Hiring Practice
- Grievance Rights & Due Process
- Paid Preparation Time
- Paid Offic Hours & Office Space
- Personal Leave Rights
MEMBERS’ VOICES UNITE
When Did You Last Vote in Your Chapter’s Elections?
Whether ratifying the latest contract or electing chapter leadership, the voice of part-time faculty are essential if we want to improve our working and living conditions.
If you aren’t a member of each of your chapters, CCA encourages you to join. Each chapter maintains its own membership list, so submitting an application to the chapter in each district is required.
Fortunately for part-time faculty, someone who works in multiple districts that are represented by CCA/CTA/NEA only pays the CTA and NEA dues once. Pick your home district where you will pay the full dues (generally $25 to $40/month), and provide the other chapters with a copy of your current CTA Membership Card.
Contact your local chapter’s membership chair for more information.
